TriiodideFrog
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Extracting lead and tin from solder.
Does anyone know how to extract lead and tin from solder? Maybe using copper acetate to dissolve the lead? Thanks in advance.
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rockyit98
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NO! don't even think about it. it's one thing to handle solder and death wish to play with PB solutions. just get Tin from pewter.
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Sulaiman
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modern pewter is mostly tin, with a few percent copper, antimony and/or other,
but original/antique pewter contained about 30% lead,
so check before using.
99.9% tin ingots are not too expensive via eBay etc.
CAUTION : Hobby Chemist, not Professional or even Amateur
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Some good ideas in here http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=2277
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highpower48
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How about removing the 1% silver from lead free solder, which is 99% tin and 1% silver.
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Quote: Originally posted by rockyit98  | NO! don't even think about it. it's one thing to handle solder and death wish to play with PB solutions. just get Tin from pewter.
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Don't eat Pb solutions and don't breath the aerosols, you will be fine.
You can easily buy 60/40 Sn/Pb solder, when you dissolve this in nitric acid you get lead nitrate and SnO2. The nitrate will be dissolved and the
oxide will be a white solid which you can filter.
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TriiodideFrog
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Ok, thanks! Maybe I will just get pewter.
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